Overhead Bookcase
So you have a shed, or a treehouse, or even a finished home. You also have a lot of books. You can't put more books on the walls because the walls are full, or it's a small building (shed, treehouse),...
View ArticlePop-pop or put-put steamboat made easy for children
Children, from about 6 years old on, can make this real steam propelled boat under adult supervision. This pop-pop or put-put steam boat requires neither soldering nor gluing. No drilling or puncturing...
View ArticleA More Complete Slide Rule Tutorial
A member at Instructables asked me to explain how to use a slide rule for the sake of those who came along about the time electronic calculators replaced slide rules. There are already a couple of...
View ArticleEasy Test of Battery Amp-Hours Capacity
How many amp-hours of capacity does your battery really have?Here's how to test the capacity of a 12 volt battery with an inverter, a lightbulb, and an electric clock. This can be pretty important to...
View ArticleCobra Weave Exploding Stick Bomb
The Cobra Weave Exploding Stick Bomb is pretty dang cool. I've seen a lot of the smaller stick bombs on Instructables but none of these chain ones so I'm really excited to share it with everyone. The...
View ArticleSteampunk Prosthetic Hand for a Wounded Warrior Pt. 1 [Now More Pics]
*** Disclaimer: The following has been edited to preserve the delicate flower sensibilities held by potential readers. Where the narrative seems disjointed please mentally insert your most depraved and...
View ArticleSalty Egg: a beer snack
This is one of our most popular beer snack menus. It's easy to prepare, economical and delicious!! Ingredients: 3 Eggs (soft boiled and peeled), 300cc water, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon...
View ArticleBatteries + Jumpercables = DC Welder
Here's the simplest welder you can make. It's just a pair of jumper cables and a welding rod.Oh yeah. And some batteries to power it. I happened to have some nice juicy batteries in the form of a Golf...
View ArticlePower Tool Repair Made Easy
Get power tools for free and save the earth at the same time!It's super-easy to fix power tools now. Thanks to online manuals, part searching and ordering, you can get the replacement parts you need...
View ArticleRevive Nicad Batteries by Zapping with a Welder
Nicad batteries often die in such a way that they won't take a charge and have zero voltage. This usually means they're shorted out by crystal dendrite growth. Here's a method of bringing them back to...
View ArticleRun AC Tools on Batteries Directly, without an Inverter
The secret: Just do it. They're designed for that.Nearly all power tools use a "universal" brushmotor that doesn't care if it gets AC or DC. All you have to do is put 4 or more 12volt batteries in...
View ArticleDIY spray paint
Making your own custom spray paint is easy and produces some interesting results. Maybe they don't sell the exact colour you're looking for, or you just want to a use for all those old almost-empty...
View ArticleBarrel Boat
My first boat I ever built. Best for kids Originaly built in 2010 by my brother and I to explore the small pond at the end of the street.Total construction takes arond 1 hour with very little skill...
View ArticleMake Your Own Precision Angle Finder
I always thought I wanted a precision angle finder. I finally decided to make my own. The photo shows it in use to check the angle of a rafter in my attic. This is a very easy project, but some...
View ArticleGarden Tool Rack
This is a guide to making a cheap and simple garden tool rack. This one is for my dad's shed and keeps all the tools safely of the floor.By: pudtinyContinue Reading »
View ArticleCoolest Pencil Holder in all of 3rd Grade
Section of 1” pipe + neodymium magnets + gun blue flames = One awesome pencil holder. I used to make these “in binder” pencil holders out of the cardboard from used paper towel rolls. Now that my son...
View ArticleMechanical Table Pinball (IMPROVED instructable)
This little video shows, the entire project and the steps written below. Se the steps for further detail. The entire pinball machine was done in app. 100 hours and cost less than 100$. 1. Plan and...
View ArticleSide by Side Bicycle
The Side by Side bicycle, also known as a "sociable", or more recently as a buddy bike, appears to date back to 1896. Unlike a tandem, where the riders are inline to one another, here the riders are...
View ArticleAtomic Zombie's Carnage chopper bicycle
Full suspension mountain bikes with v-shaped frames have become very popular over the years, so it's no wonder that the local landfill has been seeing more and more of the cheap steel versions lately....
View ArticleWhat I Learned From Building Three Kick-Bikes
A kick-bike is sometimes called an adult scooter. It usually has bicycle wheels, a kickboard-like platform to stand on and bicycle handlebars. Kick-bikes are low to the ground and quite stable to ride....
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